Ready the Destroyer is a Chicago-based 3-piece in the vein of Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr, The Afghan Whigs, Fugazi while turning an ear toward Yellow Card, Green Day, etc. Neill Miller (vocal/guitar), Aaron Cleall (bass), and Nicolas Lama (drums) balance the nacent grit of furious rock with a direct melodic approach and build it to the gutpunch in these songs. This is definitely a band to watch out for. They’ve been honing their sound with solid local and regional shows with the likes of The U.S. Bombs, Far From Finished, Sybris, Venom Lords and Milk at Midnight. Their new CD, Through This Night, was released October 2, 2008 to loyal fans at Reggie’s Rock Club and is now available at cdbaby and elsewhere everywhere. Reviewed by: Bryan Baker
Zeusfuse fuses elements of progrock, post-grunge, and gothic. Vocalist Pete Gargano’s lyrics are poetic explorations that sidestep the common ground focus and look forward as often as they grimace. The band is solid. Guitarist Ken Brown opts for acoustic foundations along with heavier riff-laden fare; and Zeusfuse can make their music run a gamut of emotions. Reviewed by: Bryan Baker.
Victory Music is a non-profit organization founded in 1969 to support local acoustic, jazz, blues and folk music. The purpose of Victory Music is to support acoustic music in the Northwest by fostering a community that nurtures musical growth, creativity, and the appreciation of acoustic music. They are publishers of the wonderful Victory Review, along with organizing open mics, and the web site has musician referral and other helpful offerings. Phone: 253-428-0832. Fax: 253-428-8056. Postal Address: Victory Music, PO Box 2254, Tacoma, WA 98401.
musicianwar.com is a place where musicians pit themselves against one another in battles — guitarist against guitarist, keyboardist against keyboardist, etc. 1. Members upload MP3 recordings of their own playing.
2. Entries are paired by rules set up by the participants. 3. Each competition lasts for 3 days. 4. Entries are judged and evaluated by other members. 5. The participants learn and improve.
The Music Box is an online magazine dedicated to exploring the world of music. Published since June 1994, on the Web since June 1997. My favorite part of the site is the reviews, which consistently delve deep into the artist’s past work and the work at hand. Source: DiscoverSounds Submission.
Recorded June 6 & 7, 1989 at the Avant Garde Museum of Temporary Art by Miekal And & Liz Was using sounds created on a Mac SE and Akai sampler. The insert says, “A cassette is the radical commonplace MailRadio with the gist of volume & the powder of timbre teasing endless speculation & illusion. Music is a perverse mutation of historical noise.” The recording is a challenging tumble of noise waves and crunches dancing within the magnetic particles of this tape. 10 years later, I can pick much more out of the beautiful chaos, randomly orchestrated with a shifting jumble of found sounds and sonic manipulation. Fun in the making is obvious here. Reviewed by Bryan Baker.
Victoria Parks is a category winner in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest debuting as Victrola & the Duhst Bunnies with a full-length production that’s a bold, in-yer-face collection of songs ranging from the blovinely political to the hilariously bizarre. Parks stuffs a whole cartload (a BIG cart) of stupid politicians, right-wing apologist media, potheaded and spoon-fed x’s, religious hypocrites, and the rest of our spent cultural “duhmocracy” and sends it off in brazen schtyle. If you like your George Dubya served up skewered, this one’s been soaked in the broth to a perfect stagger. The music is part hokey country and old-time jazz rag with a bit of eye-fluttering torch thrown in for fun. Parks goes for the laugh but is unafraid to make a point or two along the way, as in “What R Children Is Learning,” where she takes a Dubyaism to the conclusion that children are learning by example: “It’s O.K. to smirk and it’s O.K. to sneer; Turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear; Those you don’t like you can bully and smear; That’s what our children ‘is learning.’” Parks takes off into spinning tall yarns that bear a nod to Twain as well. As she says, “Life is loud. Laugh louder.” And this will help. Reviewed by: Bryan Baker
Eye Talk is the brothers Clark — Alan writes, sings and produces/records most of the songs; Bob plays bass and brings a couple songs to blend into the mix. The sound is influenced largely by the Euro-soul sound of bands like ABC and others in their wave of studio gloss’d MIDI funque and blue-eyed soul. Eye Talk attempts to set itself apart by bringing established session artists into the studio to stoke the energy of their recordings; and while the presence of Nashville artists like John D. Willis (guitars), Wes Hightower (backing vocals), Loz Netto (guitars), and Jerry Donato (sax) add a welcome depth, Clark’s production vision remains the focus throughout. Lovers of the style may find a lot to like here. Reviewed by: Bryan Baker
SVOY’s music is a truly unique coupling of pop and electronic. The songs here are immediately captivating with a sound that keeps each song turning into odd little avenues that lead you further into this world as seen through the eyes of some kind of lovelorn automaton who speaks only in 3 minute pop songs or something. It’s hard to explain. Listen to the sample tracks to see what I mean. Highly recommended. Reviewed by: Bryan Baker
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